Somewhere in the world

me and my best friend Michael started this game..i dont even know when. Sometime in highschool, i think at our first sleepover ever..we slept on the trampoline in my backyard. Anyways, we would take turns back and forth saying "somewhere in the world someone is....". I love this because it reminds me that while the challenges and blessings in my life have been so rewarding to me, people could be going through so much more than us, or not as much as us. It is amazing that there is so much going on in all the 8 billion peoples lives on this earth, and gets me to think "do i have a shared experience as someone else?" or "how have their struggles shaped who they are". It is humbling and rewarding to think about this because it gives me peace in that God has a specific plan for me, and no one else.

"‎Because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for He chose us in advance and He makes everything work out according to His plan"-Ephesians 1:11

                         Somewhere, someone in the world...

1. is accepting Jesus in their heart
2. is doubting their faith
3. is falling in love
4.  is having coffee outside
5. is learning
6. is having a baby
7.  is fighting with a parent
8. is driving home to see their family
9.  s rushing to the hospital for an emergency
10. is crying
11.  is having a fight through text message
12.  is missing their family
13. is wondering "how did I get here"
14.  is getting engaged
15. is grieving the loss of a loved one
16. is finding a surprise delivery of flowers
17. is getting impatient with a slow driver
18.  is reading a good book
19.  is sleeping in
20. is seperating from their spouse
21. is watching a movie
22. is getting annoyed with the christmas music
23. is delighting in a new friendship
24. is celebrating a birthday
25. is smiling at the joy of life

what do you think someone in the world is doing right now?this second?



First Blog!

I have been thinking about starting a blog for probably a month now. After seeing several of my friends invest their hearts in their blogs, i decided to just go for it. Pray,laugh, speak, and love. 4 things I try to do in my life. The third one being the most challenging. Sometimes when I see something, or hear something,I don't do anything about it. I have my internal thoughts about the situation, express them to someone else, but hardly, do I ever speak up about it. This characteristic of mine has been challenged this year through several situations, and after praying about it, I do believe that the Lord has put this situations in my life to make me a better person through addressing this situations. I have never been a confrontational person, because I dont want to upset anyone or offend people. But where is the line of "Enough is Enough"? When do you speak  up when someone has hurt your feelings or disrespected you? I feel that I am not alone in this thought, I feel like people just let things happen, and dont speak up about them, so it keeps happening. I pray about this situation constantly, and I hope that when I finally make it through, I am a stronger person, and I hope I have left something positive behind.

I hope I can put my heart into this blog, and share my thoughts about my life and experiences. I have always been a writer, I have two filled journals, and I am almost done with number three. I often look back on these and think about the person I was, to who I am now. It is amazing to me when God puts you through these challenges to figure out something about yourself, even if it is something so small. So, join me as I continue to share my heart, and hope that through this, I can dig a little deeper with God, myself, loved ones, and new friends:)